Chip the Tawny Frogmouth Part 1 – Emma Ralph from Totally Wild visited Minton Farm and met Bev and gets up close and personal with one of the cutest things she's ever seen, a baby tawny frogmouth by the name of Chip. Go straight to the Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre segment move the slider to 05:10. Great work Bev and Emma!

Emma Ralph from Totally Wild visited Minton Farm and met Bev and Atticus the orphaned baby kangaroo. If you want to go straight to the Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre segment move it to 10:30 on the slider. Great work Bev and Emma!

WHEN a ringtail possum with a broken arm came to the Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre, owner Bev Langley knew the little girl needed emergency treatment to save her.Mrs Langley and her team amputated the broken arm and stopped an infection spreading further through the possum’s body.Without the centre’s intensive care unit, the possum — and many other thousands of animals that have come through Mrs Langley’s front gate — would not be alive to tell the tale.But now the centre is the one who needs help.The Cherry Gardens animal rescue centre is trying to raise $15,000, in addition to $15,000 already saved, to build a new animal rehabilitation centre at its site, buy medical equipment and update its hospital.Mrs Langley, who has dedicated her life to rescuing native animals, is even selling her Toyota Hilux ute to help raise the money.The new rehabilitation centre will free up the ICU and allow more animals into emergency care.“Our ICU is chockers, we have so space which is why we need another facility up and going,” Mrs Langley said.“We see about 1000 animals each year and the whole idea of Minton Farm is to rescue, rehabilitate and release … the new rehabilitation centre would go a long way towards helping us do that.”The not-for-profit, volunteer-operated organisation has been open since 1992 and in the past 23 years, the centre has rescued almost 10,000 animals.Mrs Langley said her aim was also to improve biodiversity.“With the work that we do, we are getting exactly where the animal comes from and we release it straight back to that place,” she said.“Everything we do is for the animals … I love being able to help injured wildlife fulfil their destiny.“At the end of the day, having a new rehabilitation centre is going to mean a better outcome for thousands of animals.”Minton Farm operates solely on donations, volunteer input and community goodwill.To donate to Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre’s crowd funding project for the rehabilitation centre visit igg.me/at/MintonFarm or visit www.mintonfarm.org for more details.click here to read the full article from the Adelaide Advertiser site

891 ABC AdelaideBy Brett WilliamsonUpdated 14 Jan 2015Hundreds of volunteers and not-for-profit organisations have banded together to care for the large number of native animals injured in the recent bushfires near Adelaide.For one volunteer, 21-year-old Di Pearson, it was a case of finishing her role fighting the fire with the Lobethal Country Fire Service (CFS) crew then going straight into the ranks of the South Australian Veterinary Emergency Management (SAVEM) teams to help affected animals."The first few days were pretty awful," Ms Pearson said."There was basically nothing left at the areas where we were going out to at the start, no feed left, no boughs left for any of the koalas."The site is a lunar landscape of grey ash and the charred trunks of burnt trees.After the fire passed through, it was several days before it was deemed safe for rescue teams to enter the area...click here to read the full article from the ABC News site

Fauna rescue teams say the Adelaide Hills bushfire has been so intense they are expecting a low survival rate among animals in the fire zone.Vets and welfare teams have started to enter the devastated areas to treat pets, livestock and native animals, but are prepared for grim scenes.For the past few days, animal shelters across Adelaide have acted as drop-off points for dogs and cats while horses have been re-located to areas around the city, including Morphettville race course.

Some owners resorted to painting phone numbers on their horses' backs and hoofs to make them easier to identify once the fires abate.Dogs and cats perished at the Tea Tree Gully Boarding Kennels and Cattery while farmers have begun putting down injured sheep.Bev Langley from the Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre said the weekend's fire had been much worse for native fauna than others in the past."Because of the intensity of the fire, it has caused a lot of destruction so most of the animals haven't been able to survive," she said."We've had possums coming in with various injuries. Mostly singed feet, damaged tails, eye problems."click here to read the full article from the ABC News site

05/12/2014Thanks to Ruth’s generosity, Noah and the other animals from the Minton Farm rescue centre have new warm blankets to help them recover from injuries.

Little Noah is an injured baby koala that was recently found in the middle of the road, wandering without his mum. He was lucky enough to be taken to Minton Farm – an animal rescue centre located at Cherry Gardens.

For Ruth, an ACH Group customer from the Southern region, presenting the blankets to little Noah himself was a very emotional moment.

“When I was approached by ACH Group and asked to sew the blankets I was happy to use my skills to help such a great project. Today, I was able to give Noah a cuddle in the blanket I made for him. It was very special,” Ruth said.

It was the first time Ruth was holding a koala, but not the first volunteering role she has taken on, having volunteered with ACH Group in 1998.

“I volunteered for almost seven years as a driver, however I had to stop doing that due to my health. My connection with ACH Group has continued through the services they offer that support me to keep living independently,” Ruth said.

For ACH Group volunteer manager Jan Powell it is all about matching the right people for each role.

“I knew of the work that was being done at Minton Farm and I wanted to help them. I also knew Ruth from when she volunteered with us and I was made aware she was also a customer. It was a great coincidence and this project enabled us to re-connect Ruth to volunteering, which is something that she has always done,” Jan said.

Ruth’s volunteering roles with other organisations included companionship for isolated people; making costumes for opera performances; as a Board Member and the President of Southern United Netball, as well as organising the Leap Birthday Party for her community (Ruth was born on February 29).

Minton Farm is a non-government, not-for-profit, volunteer operated organisation that has rescued, housed and released thousands of orphaned and injured animals and birds since 1992.

Koala carers out in the cold

13/10/2011 by Nadine BishopLOCAL wildlife rescue groups have been left to nurse injured koalas back to health at their own expense due to State Government funding cuts.

Rescue centres such as Cherry Gardens-based Minton Farm and SA Fauna Rescue previously referred about 20 injured koalas a year to Cleland Wildlife Park for assessment and treatment.But this has ceased in the wake of budget cuts to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

Killer cat strikes rescue centre

16/02/2010 by Alice MonfriesFIFTY birds have been killed in two savage cat attacks at Minton Farm, sparking calls for Mitcham Council to urgently adopt its proposed feline controls.A cat wreaked havoc at the Cherry Gardens animal rescue centre on January 29 after it squeezed through a tennis ball-sized hole in an enclosure and “massacred” 40 of the 70 birds.

Saving native animals brings big rewards

Updated 27 May 2014, 13:16 AESTProduced by Tiffany Milsom

South Australian Bev Langley has dedicated more than 20 years to caring for injured wildlife, with the help of her trusty team of volunteers.

"I suppose I am as mad as a cut snake because I talk to the whole lot of them,” says Bev. She runs Minton Farm, a wildlife rescue centre 15 km south of Adelaide. Here, she cares for around 600 orphaned or injured animals and birds each year, including possums, koalas and kangaroos, as well as birds like owls, eagles, kookaburras and magpies."I can't be happy without animals – it's just part of me,” she says. “I just get a lot out of it and they just give back so much as well.” Each day Bev responds to calls for help and advice....click here to read the full article from the Australia Plus siteand here : ABC Radio Australia

Minton Farm reports a spike in the number of native animals injured by domestic pets

Toby the possum was orphaned last week after a dog killed its mum. The owners of the dog rescued its baby possum and brought it to Minton Farm for treatment. Picture: Roger Wyman

Jessica Haynes, Mitcham and Hills Messenger, 21/02/201311:30 am

A HUGE spike in attacks on native animals has been attributed to domestic pets.More than a quarter of the injured animals brought to Cherry Garden's Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre since the start of summer have been attacked by domestic cats and dogs.

Minton Farm owner Bev Langley said the spike in the number of injured native animals highlighted the need for people to keep their pets indoors.

"Unfortunately we had a massive explosion of incoming rescues because just as the weather warmed up, people were starting to leave their cats out," Ms Langley said.

"And so are the native animals - because of the nice weather and they are out looking for food."

Minton Farm is currently looking after several birds, possums, koalas and lizards which have been attacked by domestic animals. She said the farm took in at least one injured native animal each day.

Rescuing injured birds

29 August, 2011, By Brett WilliamsonWith animals busily building nests or fighting over breeding boxes, it won't be long before residential yards become temporary cribs for an assortment of animal babies.It's also a time where people and pets inadvertently come in to contact with baby birds, possums and other animals; with the results from contact not always for the best. Many of us will spend this time of year ducking and weaving around sweeping magpies and plovers.

ABC Stateline's Ian Henschke interviews at Minton Farm

16/05/2008 by Ian HenschkeIAN HENSCHKE: It began as a bit of occupational therapy but soon became a passion. Bev Langley runs Minton Farm, in the Adelaide Hills where she and a band of volunteers have rescued almost 6000 animals so far.Its breakfast time at Minton Farm at Cherry Gardens in the Adelaide Hills and in a makeshift kitchen hundreds of kilos a fruit and veg that have passed their human use by dates are diced up daily for the animals.

The volunteer kitchen hands mostly live locally and most have been coming for years.